type
noun / verb
pronounced
/cap/
emerged
2018
status
mainstream

cap

   calling out, disbelieving, direct

the one-line answer

A lie. To cap means to lie. No cap means no lie, for real.

Cap means a lie or exaggeration. If you say someone is capping, you think they are lying or stretching the truth. 'No cap' means you are being completely honest. The word comes from AAVE and became mainstream through rap and social media. The opposite of cap is no cap.

mainstream

Your coworker might use this word.

01 / in the wild

hear it move.

disagreement
that's cap. there's no way he said that.
That is a lie. I do not believe that happened.
agreement
no cap this is the best thing I've eaten.
Genuinely, with no exaggeration, this is the best.
03 / don't confuse

similar, not the same.

cap

Cap and no cap are opposites

vs
no-cap

No cap means being honest.